First listen to Radiohead - Creep (REACTION)
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"Sounds....happy-ish...."
Thom Yorke starts singing.
"Ah...."
Absolute howling at this 🤣
Ohhhhh, God.
hhhhhhhhh
Unrequited love can be painful, especially if you're an "outsider". Great reaction.
I can relate
Chuck Graf. Couldn't have put it better.
But, it's justified, which is the real punch (for lower-level men, typically). That's how the world works. For example, 80% of all women have created at least one offspring, whereas, only 40% of men have (I think I have those stats right, based on the fact that we have twice as many female ancestors as male, which means most males failed. Very cruel but necessary system of Darwinism if you know anything about simple biology).
@@JohnHyujinCaroEmo-dgy So can I & I’m 63!!😂😍
“He didn’t even get angry that time”. That’s the same thought I have every time: just the utter acceptance of it in the end.
Thanks for noticing that. I hadn't really thought about that before (or if I did, I did it subconsciously) but the chorus def switches from angry to resignation.
@@jamesbelshan8839 gives you a chill now, doesn’t it?
Daniel,
I've read through some of the comments on other videos you've posted. Some giving you 'advice' on how to make YOUR reaction videos.... so, I'm going to give my advice ~ don't change anything. You are very unique & I truly enjoy the way you pause & really delve into the lyrics. Your interpretations and thoughts are very interesting. You have a good format & know what you're doing and the direction you want to go. Keep doing what you're doing and we the fans will be along for support. :)
(Fake Plastic Trees, another good song by Radiohead)
I agree, he is unique, & I love that about his channel!!!
For real. If anyone doesn't like it, they're on the wrong channel and they need to find someone who does it like they want. Badgering someone to do it differently isn't the answer.
@@dianem8544 Completely agree!!!
@@sandyleewhite Right? It's like going to McDonalds and telling them they should be more like Burger King. Just find a Burger King!
I couldn't agree more. Don't change a thing, you do an EXCELLENT job.
I love how the guitar sounds like it’s clearing it’s throat before starting to scream.
Interesting take. You know the story behind the song?
oh wow- i love that
Radiohead is one of the most influential bands of the past 25 years. This was their big radio hit and the band tired of this song quickly, but continued to play it for the fans. Radiohead has so much great material, the album OK Computer is a good place to go next. Also, congrats on the interview!
Coldplay credit them as an influence
@@Nina5144 Coldplay are like if Radiohead forgot all their talent.
@@mrmessy7334 dont clown on coldplay man their first album was so goddamn good
gotta say I agree they tired of it... unfortunately for their performance tastes Tom hit a chord with so many people... for so long... rediscovered during the Pandemic, and it's still a gift... especially the 1996 live performance that makes the rounds. brilliant.
The first time I heard this I cried...so much pain in his voice. Why can't my generation produce this kind of art?
Instead, my generation would call him a simp for writing such heart-felt lyrics.
My generation is effed up.
We need to fix that:) Idk how old you are, or if we share a generation, but you are correct we need to bring emotion and meaning back.
Grudge in the 90s and emo music of the 2000s (well, the indie/hipster side of the 2000s) were so full of wallowing in our feelings that I'm not really surprised that pendulum swung in the other direction for the 2010s through now. But it makes a lot of today's mainstream music feel very...superficial? Not all of it. Occasionally today's artists surprise me. And you can still find some really amazing music with a lot depth if you take the time to search. That said, I would have to say that Billie Eilish is trying. IMO, she and Finneas write some of the best lyrics out there today.
@@jcompton8507 man radiohead is not a emo and grunge band, is a prog band, then a electronic band, then both in in raimbows XD
@@mooduwu007 I never said they were either grunge or emo. I said that music in the 90s and 00s (good examples being "grunge" and "emo" music) were so broody and ansty and full of feeling that a lot of today's new artists feels superficial by comparison.
Shout out to your parents if everyone raised their children as you are the world would be a better place guaranteed. And to your point the Bible says "as a man thinketh so is he"✌️♥️
I agree entirely!
I've watched a bunch of reactions to this particular song and yours is the best. You're doing good work. Thank you.
Thank you:)
You have such an empathetic heart and such a great grasp of the songwriter’s intent.
He's infatuated with a woman. He's not thinking of himself as unfit for human companionship, he's putting her on a pedestal and that means he can't approach her, because she's an angel and he's just a creep. It's probably also because he encounters her in social situations where it's her presentation of herself that he sees, but in his mind he's thinking of her as a sexual animal, which is why he feels he's a creep.
Listen to "Paranoid Android" a song people call their Bohemian Rhapsody, if you know what I mean. Actually you can make the whole album, named "OK Computer", maybe the most important album made in the nineties(beside Nirvana's Nevermind).
Siamese dreams by smashing pumpkins
Can't talk ab out the paranoid android without speaking of Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe.. payaa
Radiohead got me through the Prog/Rock drought of the nineties. OK computer is a classic masterpiece. Songs about alienation, angst, anger, and isolation. They have lots of great songs. I love Karma Police and Just.
Ps, that creep (if it is autobiographical) is now a multi millionaire adored by millions of music fans. If you don’t belong here, there’s plenty of other places where you can belong.
For your second paragraph: Indeed!!!
I dont see this song as negative. In my mind it brings an awareness to the human struggles of being worthy, confidence, and perfection we all strive for. I love the emotional rollercoaster throughout the song from awareness to resentment to anger and rage, and finally acceptance and release. For me the song dose not glorify this behaviour but tells us this emotion is perfectly normal and we are allowed to feel. I get the chills every time, its probably my favourite song.
More 90's please. Such an underrated decade for music. Start with Collective Soul. Heavy or The World I Know.
Dotto on Collective Soul. Caught them at a State Fair 6 or so years ago. Fantastic!
Next best decade to the 60s IMO
So true…..I’m a child of the 60’s & 70’s, I always laughed at later music. I was 63 when I first really listened to Radiohead, blew my mind, I’m such a huge fan now.
Gen x
What a great reaction, Daniel. I especially liked how you interpreted the musical aspect of the song, what the instruments and the melodies represent going together with the lyrics. Radiohead is a band that definitely tells a story/explores emotions through music as much (and sometimes even more) as through lyrics. The compositional aspects are always important for them, even in this early era (Creep is from their debut record, and they have definitely go a long way from then!)
This is very 90's. This came out my junior year of high school. The 80's were full of hair metal that was all about parties, women, drugs. And while there are good songs in that era, it was getting oversaturated. Then grunge happened. Grunge was multiple genres (Nirvana was very punk while Soundgarden and Alice In Chains were more metal, and Pearl Jam was Pearl Jam), and it was about real feelings, real personal pain. No one was playing the tough guy. When that hit, you started seeing what I called the "second wave of grunge" where you kept the personal pain and reflective lyrics, but the musical styles were much more varied. Radiohead and Smashing Pumpkins were different from the original grunge. Soul Asylum was different. But all were about more personal lyrics, insecurity, angst, everything that wasn't in an 80's song about strippers. When you read the lyrics to Creep, you have to put it in the context of this musical backlash toward vapid songs that were put out there to make a buck. And if you want to read/hear some devastating lyrics that kind of sums up everything in the grunge era, Pearl Jam's Black is the definition of a guy destroying himself on the page.
Love the reaction. No other reactor noticed the introduction of the piano right at the end....great use of that.
You pick some interesting stuff. I like Radiohead- mostly for driving long distances. This is a rare one for them because it's a song with actual lyrics.
Someone has a bad inferiority complex but wants a perfect body and perfect soul, so he'll get the attention and affection they deserve.
But he's a creep. What is he doing there. He doesn't belong there.
Low self-esteem is so self-defeating.
Some peoples heads are a real mess. If you're really lucky, you'll get it sorted before you die.
Well done. Carry on Daniel.
I was on a road trip with my son and he asked me to buy the CD. We listened to it for many miles.
This is the best reaction. Ur an amazing creator good luck in content creating. Yr amazing at analysis I wish u the best.
Wow, thank you!
I totally relate to this song, listen to it repeatedly weeping my heart out. Watch live version, watch the audience reaction. He is singing my soul.
This would have my theme song back in high school. I was just different. No game with the girls. Severely shy. Went into the Navy. Came home people didn't believe the difference.
Found you from the interview. Awesome channel! 👍
This is a great band to explore. Their songs are original, creative, and rich with emotion. As others have noted, OK Computer is a fantastic next album to check out.
Just watched your interview! It was so good. :) It made me want to start reading novels again instead of just social media comment sections! :)
I wish you so much success in wherever your road leads. :)
This is absolutely amazing live. Not terribly different but completely heartbreaking.
New subscriber here! Loving your dissection of the song, along with your vibe. There's so much great 70's-90's music out there, and I'm totally here for the ride with you ✌❤💫
When he’s singing the “Run”, I always thought he sounds just like Bono. Great song.
I really like your reactions. You pick great material to react to.
For me, this song have been a way to just release emotions. A very sad but good song.
One of the greatest songs of all time. I live and breathe every word of this song and have been like this for years.
Great reaction. It's me. Guess some people can change who they are and some can't. You were so inciteful to see the anger. That brought tears to my eyes. Anyway sincerely wishing everyone a Happy New Year.
I boarded the Radiohead ship with Kid A in 2000, and went backwards in their catalogue. To me, listening to Creep was like listening to The Beatles' Love Me Do after having gone through Sgt. Peppers. It's a good song, but when you've heard Paranoid Android and the rest of OK Computer, it falls a bit short. They grew by giant leaps, The Bends is way better than Pablo Honey, same for OK Computer compared to The Bends. And wait 'til you hear the harmonies Thom Yorke comes up with... and J. Greenwood's guitar work is mindblowing. I'd say jump straight to Paranoid Android. If you don't like it, there's little chance you'll like the rest of it. (Trigger warning: Thom Yorke's lyrics are not written to make anyone happy. Plenty of cryptic stuff, you should have a field day with ;o) (They stopped playing Creep for many many years, and started again only in the last few years, after many people covered it, including... Prince!)
Keep up the good work. Expanding horizons is a sign of intelligence. Keep experimenting and enjoy your journey! Stay safe and well!
One of the better reactions out there. I like the random facts at the end. I love the song but didn't know some of that info. Maybe add a rating for a song, maybe! Really cool. Best of luck, I hope you grow. Keep em coming.
DANIEL....You are a brilliant wonderful person. Your parents did a great job raising you!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS and Happy Holidays!!!!!!!!
I love your reactions. Very genuine. Some people hear music and some people feel music. I think you feel music....
There's a cover of this song by Post Modern Jukebox that has had like 30 million hits. It's sung by Haley Reinhardt. Completely different arrangement.
Amazing version by Haley. Warning, you may fall in love with Haley.
Haley Reinhart's version of "Creep" with PMJ now has 83,777,649 views.
IMO, nothing beats this original ❤
It's gross.
Thom York’s has such a great range
This song contains my favorite line in rock history: "I want you to notice when I'm not around." Thom Yorke doesn't think much of "Creep" these days. I have to admit that their albums "OK Computer" and "The Bends" are masterpieces.
total agree with you man ) good analysis
I love your comments, you have such a sensitive soul. Love from Spain.
Radiohead's "House of Cards" the official video, is incredibly romantic. And "The Tourist" is just beautiful and moving. You do indeed try out a lot of different stuff, which is way cool.
Beautiful reaction, beautiful mind ❤️
I've heard it many many times, but never feel it the way you did at the end. You said it's like he gave up. Never see it that way. But now i wonder if you're right. You have good analysis. Bravo.
A very great service can be done for mental health when we are made to feel not alone. That's a fine line but, wow. What is the human experience if not a razors edge? Thanks for taking the time to listen. "Creep" is a spectrum and many of us fall on that spectrum. I think that's why this is a timeless track
This came out before "incels" were a thing. Back when a person might have those feelings and push them down and keep them to themselves, and it hurt nobody but themselves. But since then the internet has allowed some people to commiserate and find a whole community. And instead of helping each other they end up strengthening each other's resentment and anger.
I dont think this song is bad, it's very thought provoking and emotional. And it's not like its advocating for stewing in those feelings, or doing anything destructive. But if someone does live in that resentment for too long it can end up leading to violence.
Yes Daniel...😌 Every time we hear Creep, we are like you... this it is inevitable..💁♀️🤷♀️ Love Radiohead!❤ Thanks for that!🥰🙏🙏🌻🍀
“Thom” is pronounced Tom, from “Thomas.”
We are the sum of all our parts and one of those parts is our deeply rooted id. He is our dark passenger and very oftener drives instead of takes passage.
Anyway, dark thoughts for some are easily dismissed and ignored; and for others those thoughts are the voices of reason and sanity even though they are detrimental.
In other words, some people are creeps and others are so fkn special.
The Plane Truth I love this analysis.
Thom Yorke who wrote the song was quite limited to social situations due to his appearance and poor eyesight (which was repaired) when he was young. This song represents how he felt like a leper compared to others, and this song was focused towards a situation concerning a girl. It's not saying he is down and out, but just how he felt about the situation. I've enjoyed this song since it was released. I've probably listened to it over a thousand times.
Also, my first listen to Radiohead. The music and the vocals were great. Looking forward to hearing more.
Definitely listen to Paranoid Android next. Then, if you're going to be in the car for a while (or if you ever feel like sitting down and listening to a whole album in one sitting), listen to all of OK Computer. Then start digging into their later stuff. They get very prog rock after their first album - in a wonderful way. It's all artsy and experimental and trippy. And the stage production at their concerts make the whole experience out of this world.
Not just anger. Absolute despair. The point of the song.
Thanks for discussing this amazing song.
Great reaction, slowly growing to respect your channels and like other commenters the way you react too. So, coming to Radiohead ... This song was way way popular when it came out and catapulted the band here in the UK and the rest of the world. With short time though the band got tired of just being asked to play creep, to do creep, repeat creep ... They knew they had more to offer lyrically and musically. Radiohead have become highly respected since because of this and many other subsequent songs but also the way they truly significant changed in their musical style as well as the intelligence that they did it. I would recommend you to listen to any song off the album OK Computer next, but maybe Karma Police, then skip a few more albums and pick a song off Kid A e.g. Everything in its right place and you would appreciate that diversity. Enjoy the ride 👍🏼
Brooooo, I've watch literally like 50 reaction videos on Creep today. And you are the only one , I think, to understand the song. That's how I always took it. Everyone else thinks he's self conscious lol but idt that's what it is.
I have this on a playlist queue that I am using to listen to and get caught up with your reactions. You asked what we thought of the song, and just as I go to pause it so I can have time to type my response, you say "Nobody here's a creep, alright," which is just too perfectly timed for me not to point it out.
I've done things in my life that could be considered creepy. In my defense, my intentions were always pure, even if my actions weren't. I AM a weirdo, and damn proud of it. You thought this was a negative song, and I respect that. That's your opinion (or at least it was 13 months ago... no telling if it has changed in the last year or not) and you are most welcome to it. But as a creep, a weirdo, as someone who has wondered (sometimes on a daily basis) "what the hell am I doing here?", and definitely "I don't belong here," allow me to offer you a different view. I love this song precisely because I've been there. I know well the feelings and emotions that Radiohead seems to be putting out there with this song.
And it is the best thing in the world to know that you are not alone.
I hold this song near and dear to my heart because, on top of it being a really good song musically, it is an ever present reminder that there are others out there who feel the same way I do, who actually can understand what I may be going through... and even though I don't talk to people as much as I should, just knowing that they exist if I need or want to is amazing. It's one of the greatest gifts around. So, no. I do not see this as a negative song, but as a positive one, uplifting in its message that hey, we're going through/experiencing some of the same stuff you are, you're not alone, and it's not just the chorus-it's the entire song. I just don't feel like typing out a novel here dissecting every line and how it applied to my life back in high school when it first came out or how it still does now. I'll just say this: "Whatever makes you happy, whatever you want..." is the core of who I am. Always doing things for others, helping others, putting other people ahead of myself... I can't tell you how many times I've justified my own emotional pain, suffering, and loneliness with "well, as long as So-and-So's happy, that's all that matters,".
Brilliant reaction!!
Love your reaction to the riff. Yep Thom’s voice is great
Now you have to watch Hailey Reinhardt w/Post Modern Jukebox cover this.
Daniel I would love to get your take on David Bowie’s “the Bewlay Brothers”. Really deep lyrics - or it might just be randomised sentences formed into something who knows. In fact it would be great idea to do the whole “Hunky Dory” album I think it’s one you’d totally love. Not sure if you just do patron requests though
I hope he gets on to some Bowie soon.
Ok you've just tapped into another force of nature! Here what you should do, there is a video called ''In rainbows'' - From the basement. This is a concert with no audience taped in a basement with just the band and sound crew..... GREAT SHOW!!!! But there is a song in there called ''Where I end and you begin''... That's the song and version of it I would like you to react to. Of course you should listen to the whole thing but...that song is killer bro!!!! Also I have a favourite song from them called ''Fake plastic trees''. Brilliant piece of music. Take care bro!
Really appreciated your take and the things you noticed.
RADIOHEAD- - Distilled and Pure genius. All of their stuff is pure / undiluted GENIUS
This is truly amazing live, though not very different, completely heartbreaking.
Finally a song you’ve heard of. It’s a great song btw. One of their classics.
Great reaction!! 👍
Dude, you owe it to yourself to check out the official video they did for this way back when, where you can see Thom Yorke's facial expressions during the song. It really adds to the emotional impact, especially his expression the final time he says "I'm a creep". I felt the same way right then, it IS as if he gave up, or accepted what he believes or perceives to be others' opinions of himself. Powerful great, emotional tour de force song. You won me as a new subscriber with this one.
I loved the reaction and analysis, Dicon. So perceptive, and so well deconstructed and reconstructed again. I've seen Radiohead's Creep reacted to many times,.. and what strikes me, is that there are marked cultural differences in how people perceive the song. I've noticed a lot of our American Cousins have a conditioned aversion to the idea that anyone should see themselves in a negative light. Positivity is everything, and wallowing in self pity, self doubt, social awkwardness etc is something they have a reluctance to contemplate. Creep always seems to bring that aversion to the surface,.. and then, as the song goes on, I see how peoples sympathies change, you can almost see memories clicking into place when they have felt that way, felt like the loser, the creep, the unattractive no hoper. You see the sympathy and empathy appear, and it silences the need to try and speak positivity. All thats left is empathy and and a little sadness for the Protagonist in the song. We sympathise with him,.. we recognise that rejection, both social, and physical cannot always be batted away with a positive thought, and that sometimes, people just need to feel their sadness before they move on. Radiohead is a quintissentially English (British) band, they understand melancholy, self deprecation, social class intricacies, that plague British society still. Creeps, Nerds, poor folk, subcultures, the 'unattractive',.. they all identify deply with this song. It hit such an archetypal nerve in the British psyche, that nearly all of us relate deeply to it. Its almost as fundamental to us now as Bohemian Rhapsody is. You mentioned in the end of song, that he wasnt even angry any more,.. that he had resigned himself to being out of her league. Had given up... well, to quote Pink Floyd, 'Quiet desperation is the English way'. We'll creep off quietly, never screaming out our frustration like this song does,.. to feel depressed and rejected. This song is like catharsis,..its a collective scream of British angst .. from all the times we've ever felt rejected romantically or in other ways. Thats why its such a special song for many of us. Radiohead gave our hurt feelings a voice...and what a voice it is :) x
Your reaction is priceless..kinda like mine when I heard it for the first time or when I got caught taking money out my moms purse. My favorite reaction!
You need to watch the live performance. Amazing emotions.
You have a treat in store!
Now you have to listen to the Postmodern Jukebox version. Completely different but equally excellent. Haley Reinhart's voice will blow you away.
Great reaction and a great song of the 90s 🙏
Those brutal guitar chops were the most arresting thing I'd heard since the 70s....
So so AGREE
To me it invokes memories in middle/high school of having a crush on a girl but feeling insecure.
And her calling you a creep and weirdo in front of her friends leaving you there embarrassed and wondering why you were there. It takes guts approaching a crush because we don’t want to get shut down and then we do it can be devastating.
Yup, it definitely reminds me of high school, and crushing on girls that were "out of my league"... girls that were higher up the 'popularity' ladder, and thus unattainable.
So after watching this and the whole of the OK Computer album reaction and breakdown I'd really like to see you do one of the other albums. Either The Bends or Kid A would my personal choices but honestly anything would be great.
Incredible band!! Creep is their most popular song but if you want to experience some great pieces of Radiohead art, please listen and react to: Paranoid Android, Street Spirit (Fade Out), Reckoner, Nude, How to diasppear completely, Fake plastic trees, Exit Music (for a film).
perfect reaction bro
You should listen to no surprises off OK Computer, I think its very hard not to understand and not to like and its my favorite.
This is one of those rare songs where the video fits the song like a glove. You have to see him as he sings this song.
Radiohead are an awesome band, they change their sound every album. This was their first hit and they hate playing it. Their music has moved on so much and much more complicated. Thom's voice is so angelic. You should check out their later stuff. The Bends and In Rainbows are my favourite albums.
My whole generation raised our eye-brows at that guitar drop.
Watch the live version - superb
Much respected British band. Amazing albums like The Bends, OK Computer etc.
The notes he hits with run, run, run.....incredibly beautiful.
Listen to the albums the Bends, OK Computer and Hail to the Thief there is some amazing stuff on all of those albums which has plenty of potential for your particular approach to analysis - Which is pretty cool and seems fairly unique amongst other ‘reactionaries’ by the way. Keep it up, I am loving hearing your fresh take on music that is new to you but has been the soundtrack to my much longer life.
One of the most beautiful songs ever, and I'm a jazz guy! By beautiful I mean real.
Daniel, Great song and very moving. You have a very enjoyable show, keep up the good work ! I have one piece of advise. I believe that you should wait until the end of the song, then give your thoughts on what you think the songs mean and mean to you. Then after you do that, open up the lyrics and read them, and see how close you are with the meanings of the songs. I don't know if you have ever listened to the song, " House of Pain " by Faster Pussycats. If you have not listened to it before, it's a great song and a Great band. Keep on Keeping on !!
The 'humble' beginnings of Radiohead. This was their biggest hit, but it is almost 90s alt-rock by numbers, compared to what they would already do on their second album "The Bends". Still a very effective song!
For this kind of quiet-loud-quiet plus full melancholia type of songs, I always like to recommend "No Surface, All Feeling" by the Manic Street Preachers (from more or less the same era as "Creep").
In terms of Radiohead, most fans point to "OK Computer" as the Holy Bible of 90s indie-music. I personally prefer that second album plus the stunning "Kid A" (where they went all electronic and experimental).
Life is journey of stages , of which some feel endless, and the brain pain can seem overwhelming, bring on scarry thoughts and a search for quick solutions . The stages will change . The song was about obsession and self loathing, but he found an outlet through music to reach out, and maybe find a therapeutic way to soften the pain. As you mature, you find the stages are but a blink of an eye in time, and so are we. To quote Mr. Spock, "Live Long and Prosper "🖖
In love with someone who's not, never a good ending. Amazing song.
Fun fact, he spotted 'the girl' at one of his concerts :)
it`s the whole thing of ,never being good enough , all wrapped up in a song !
The debut of Paranoid Android, on the Jools Holland show is on UA-cam. And wow. Nothing they do is the same as the last thing they've done, but they're always Radiohead. This was a very early piece. The guitarist (like the others he's a multi-instrumentalist) is also a film composer. Jonny Greenwood composed the music for Phantom Thread and There Will Be Blood, among others.
Best band of the '90s. Songs to check out: Let Down, Paranoid Android, Fake Plastic Trees, Nice Dream, How to Disappear Completely, or the "OK Computer" album from front to back!
If captures the angst and feelings of rejection when a major crush is smashed down Love this song!
And so it begins. Congrats.
Also check out the Post Modern Jukebox version with Haley Reinhart. Mind blowing.
More Radiohead Daniel! The From The Basement session is particularly good.
Nice review. You should check out the song "The Air That I Breathe" by the Hollies which is the original song version that "Creep" was based on. The two songs don't sound that much alike. However, if you're interested there is a UA-cam video where a group sings both versions at same time, see: ua-cam.com/video/0XbogWA-riU/v-deo.html which is a very interesting demonstration of how the melody/rhythm can influence how a song sounds, at least to my limited musical understanding.
The Hollies had many hits in the 60s and 70s which hopefully you'll get to react to. The Hollies were a British rock group who's songs include "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress", "Carrie Ann", "He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother" and "Bus Stop". BTW, Graham Nash was a founding member of the Hollies but left in 1968 and joined Crosby, Stills and Nash.
I've never seen this as a negative song, just relatable. The song was written from personal experience. Tom was at Uni and really liked a girl who didn't know his feelings. One night he told her and she left (she's running). Most of us have been in this scenario where the attraction is one sided. The song is a voice for this, not positive or negative, just real life.
Thom, short for Thomas or long for Tom.
Love his voice, music supports lyrics, actually really sad. Band is just awesome. Thanx @